# Kristy Duong

> Software Engineer at Nextdoor

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kristy

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Nextdoor
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
- Full-stack Android engineer on the For Sale and Free (FSF) team
- Tech lead on the core pages team, supporting publishers and small businesses
- Android engineer on the FeedUX + News team

### Senior Software Engineer @ Nextdoor
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Led integration of ads onto marketplace surfaces, contributing ~5% to total revenue
- Tech lead for communities product

### Software Engineer @ Nextdoor
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Full-stack Android engineer on the Content Creation team
- Supported distribution of Nextdoor Generated Content (NGC)
- Improved media experience within the Android app, resulting in a 25% increase in videos and 1.5% lift in total posts on the platform
- Unified backend infrastructure to support hashtags, mentions, and post subject removal
- Tech lead for events product
- Contributed to migration to coroutines and Jetpack Compose

### Software Engineer @ Hoodline, formerly a Nextdoor company
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Supported Hoodline content distribution platform and location service.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Hoodline, formerly a Nextdoor company
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Supported and wrote comprehensive tests for Hoodline location service.

### Researcher @ The University of Tokyo
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Tokyo, Japan
Analyzed and visualized political Twitter data.

### Research Assistant @ Stanford Computational Journalism Lab
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Stanford, CA
Researched data sets and algorithms used in analyzing criminal justice.

### President and Choreographer @ Common Origins Urban Dance Team
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Organized largest dance showcase of the quarter featuring about 20 dance teams with over 700 people in attendance. Managed dance team of 40 people.

### Full Stack Web Developer @ Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Stanford, CA
The Openproof Project focuses on developing applications in logic education, primarily consisting of three software packages.

I worked on the team tasked with migrating the project's assignment grading and management platform from Tapestry to updated Java backend services and a modern frontend using JQuery and Bootstrap. I implemented and migrated services such as login, download, and database access using Jersey-Jackson framework and Hibernate entities.

### Editor-in-Chief @ The Matador
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Gabriel High School
Oversaw production of monthly publication of The Matador, San Gabriel High School's student newspaper, ensuring punctuality of deadlines, advising the staff, and copy editing proofs.

In 2014, The Matador placed first in Newspaper Sweepstakes at the East Los Angeles Journalism Education Association (ELAJEA) Write-offs and placed second in the Best of Show competition at the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) Spring National High School Journalism Convention. In 2015, The Matador staff was named a winner of the 1 For All First Amendment Challenge and received the NSPA Courage in Journalism award.

Received NSPA Design of the Year 2015 Honorable Mention.

### Administrative Intern @ City of Rosemead
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Updated city public works website and project plans. Created flyers and presentations. Assisted with staff reports regarding city projects.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Stanford University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Caltech
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

### San Gabriel High School
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kristyduong5

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Source: https://flows.cv/kristy
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Last updated: 2026-03-22